Sprinkling-machine.



' E. TQMEE. SPRINKLING MAGHINE. APPLIOA'TIOK FILED JULY e, 1908.

Patented Oct. 19,1909.

SHEETS-SHEET 1.

E. TOMERQ SPRINKLING MAG-Ema APPLICATION FILED JUIQKB, 1908.

Patented Oct. 19,196?

a sums-431mm 2.

E TOMER. SPRINKLING MACHINE.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1908.

Patented 0ct.19,1909.

8 SHEETS-SHEBT 3.

2x 1 in can:

ELLIS TOMER, 0 15 VISALIA, CALIFORNIA.

SPRINKLING-MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 6, 1908.

Patented Uct. t9, race.

Serial no. 442,144

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known tha 1, 113.15 Tonnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Visalia in the county of Tulare and Stateof California, have invented a new and useful Sprinklin tiachine, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to sprinkling niachines and more particularly to that type for use in sprinkling oil upon roads.

, The object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character having nus-ans whereby oil contained within the tank may be thoroughly heated before being supplied to the spraying nozzles, thus keeping the liquid in a thin condition and avoiding any danger of the same congealing or thickening within the apparatus and interfering with its proper operation.

Another object is to provide a machine of this character havin means whereby the heated oil can be disc arg'ed under pressure through the sprayin nozzles.

With these and ot ier objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanyin drawings is shown the preferred form of t e invention.

- In said drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of the complete machine, one of the rear wheels being removed. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the machine, some of the spraying nozzles being removed. Fi 3 is a perspective view of the oil pipes or the apparatus. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the heat? ingzpipes within the oil tank.

eferring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates the frame of the machine, the same being mounted on suitable supporting'wheels 2 designed to be propelled in any referred manner as by means of draft animals or by its own power. A platform 3 is supported below and by the rear portion of the frame 1' and the operator is designed to occupy the same.

' Arranged longitudinally upon the frame 1 and extending from the front of said frame to a point adjacent the rear end thereof is a horizontal c lindrical tank 4 for holdin oil to be sprink ed. A water jacket 5 straddles the middle portion of this tank and standards 6 are preferably arranged upon the tank and carry a small oil receptacle 7 preferably in the form of a cylinder.

Extending longitiulinaily within the tank i are series of connnunicating longitudinal pipes 8 forming a heating coil and these pipes communicate through a valved pipe 9 with the steam dome 10 of a. boiler 11 mounted on the rear portion of the 1 132111181 and back of the tank 4.. The base 12 of this boiler extends throughout the width of the frame 1 and mounted thereon at'one side of the boiler is an engine 13 designed to drive a pump 14 which is also mounted 0'11 said base. The boiler is supplied with water front the jacket 5 through a pipe 15 and hasan exhaust pipe 16 extending downward at one side of the platform 3, said exhaust pipe being valved as indicated at 17 Steam within the pipes 8 is also designed to ex haust downward from the 'lowermost pipe 8 through a nozzle 18.

Pump 14 is provided with an intake pipe 19 and a discharge .pipe 20; .The intake pipe is designed to be connected in any preferred manner, as by means of a hose, with an oil reservoir. The pipe 20 extends out slde of-"the boiler and opens into the top thereof, said pipe having a valve 21 whereby the passage of oil to the boiler may be readily cut ed. A branch pipe 22 extends downward from pipe 20 at a point between ralve 2l;and' pump 14- and this branch pipe is pro vided with a valve 23. Said pipe extends laterally under the platform 1 and to a pointunder the center of the platform where it ex- 1 tends longitudinally 111 a rearward direction as indicated at 2st and is connected to a distributing pipe 25 disposed at right an les thereto. Thisdistributing pipe liasgateva ves 26 and 27 in the end portions thereof, each valve being operated by means of a rod 28 extending upward to points above the platform 3. A pipe 29 extends rearwardly from one end of the distributing pipe 25 and carries a spray head consisting of front and rear communicating pipes 30 and 31, the

provldedwith a series ofrear pipe 30 being spraying nozzles 32. A pipe 33 extends rearwardly from the other end of the distributing pipe 25 and carries a spraying head made up of parallel communicating pipes 34 and 35, the rear pipe 34 having a series of sprayingnozzles 36 thereon. s shown particularly in Fig. 1 the pipes 34: and .35 and their nozzles 36 are preferably located at a higher. elevation than the pipes 30 and31 and nozzles 32. Moreover, said nozzles 32 are preferably disposed directly under the front portion of the platform 3 while the nozzles 36 are preferably arranged plpe 24 and communicate with an air tank or other receptacle so that surplus oil forced through the pipes to the nozz esanay be accommodated without danger of bursting the pipes.

t is of course to be understood that steain i is generated Within the boiler 11 and engine the reservoir and directed l andpump 14 are driven thereby. When it is desired to use the apparatus the intake pipe 19 is connected to an oil receptacle and valve 23 is closed and valve 21 opened. Oil Will therefore be sucked by the pump from through the pipe 20 into tank 4. Steam from the boiler is directedinto the coil 8 and the contents of the tank 4 will thus be thoroughly heated. It is of course to be understood that the used steamvwill exhaust through the nozzle 18.

After the tank has been filled with oil thevalve 21 is closed and valve 23 opened. Valve is also opened and when the pump 14 is again set in motion oil will be With drawn from thetank through pipe 39 by the pump and then forced through pipes 20 and 22150 the distributing pipe 25. If it is desired to spray. oil from both sets of nozzles 32 and'36 the'operator opens both of the valves 26 and 27. It will be understood, however, that either of these sets of nozzles season can be used independently of the other set,

this being controlled by the two valves 26 and 27.

It will be seen that an apparatus such as herein described is capable of keeping the oil at a. high temperature so that it will run 1 eely through the spraying nozzles and will not clog them.

The entire apparatus is very compact and efficient and under the convenient'control of the operator. It is of course to be understood that the fuel tank 'Zis connected in any suitable nian-v nor as by means of a valved pipe 42 with a hydrocarbon burner, not shown By mounting the jacket 5 on the tank t the water contained-Within said jacketis heated by the contents of the tank prior to" the discharge of said water into the boiler.

Vvhat is claimed is:

A machine of the class described includiil' a portable frame, an oil tank supported thereon, a boiler, means for conveylng steam from the boiler and through the tank to heat the contents of thetank, independent series of spraying nozzles supported below and by the frame, a pump on the frame for elevating oil into the tank and for forcing it under pressure from said tank to the series of n0zzles, valves below the frame for controlling; the supply of oil to the respective series of nozzles, and separate operating means for 1 each valve above the frame.

" In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. 'i y 1 ELLIS TOMER.

VVitnesses JosnPH S ERMAN, CHAS. T. Poor. 

